Financial Advisory

Lazard has advised clients through more than 175 years of economic and political change. We stand out for the quality of our advice, and the judgment of the people who provide it.

Lazard’s Financial Advisory business provides independent advice to corporations, boards of directors, governments, sovereign entities and investors on mergers and acquisitions, capital solutions, restructuring and liability management, geopolitical conditions, and shareholder matters. We have exceptional depth of expertise across industry sectors and geographies. 

Lazard pioneered the independent advisory model of investment banking, and for generations we have built client relationships on this foundation of trust and discretion.

Our Sector Expertise

Advice Grounded in Contextual Alpha

Our job is to read between the lines, look around corners, and challenge conventional wisdom — seeing beyond what the world sees today.  Lazard has long been recognized for our unique combination of business and geopolitical insight.

The advice we provide draws on the collective experience of colleagues across sectors, capabilities, and geographies; and we are increasingly using AI-enabled tools to enhance and expand knowledge sources and sharing.

Local Presence, Global Perspective

We help clients navigate economic and geopolitical considerations by combining our deep local expertise with Lazard’s global reach and extensive network of business, investment, and policy leaders. We aim to be consistently present and trusted in the critical, global conversations that shape our clients’ futures. 

Sector and capability groups are managed locally in each relevant region and coordinated globally, allowing nuanced regional knowledge to inform global perspectives, and vice versa.